Buildings account for over one-third of global emissions and energy use. Meeting climate pledges will require achieving high operational efficiency with low embodied impacts in new construction. Yet, a systematic identification the relative influence building design parameters on both efficiencies has rarely been attempted. In this paper we explore first time sensitivity wide range operation te...

There are two natural ventilation strategies, namely single-sided and cross ventilation. For a building with deep layout plan where is impossible, used. This study aimed to compare the performance of both strategies using sliding glass windows. The method used was field measurement, which executed in one room double-storey detached house. predicted indoor thermal comfort calculated Adaptive The...

This article presents a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) whose objective is to identify aspects related the built environment of Emergency Rooms (ERs) and healthcare facilities that interfere with infection by respiratory diseases. The SLR presented relevant part ongoing research dedicated discussing environment’s role on contamination, considering COVID-19 pandemic scenario ER University Hos...

The populations, infrastructure and ecology of cities are at risk from the impacts of climate change which affect urban ventilation and cooling, urban drainage and flood risk and water resources. Built areas exert considerable influence over their local climate and environment, and urban populations are already facing a range of weather-related risks such as heat waves, water pollution and floo...

The exposure of midwives to nitrous oxide in four hospitals was measured with personal samplers. In three of the four hospitals the average exposure was not significantly less than 100 parts per million (ppm). In one hospital the average exposure was 360 ppm; this was reduced by a factor of about 2.5 when a trial scavenging system was used. Differences in working practices and in the layout, si...

This paper considers a double-row layout problem with shared clearances in the context of semiconductor manufacturing. By sharing some clearances, reductions in both layout area and material handling cost of approximately 7–10% are achieved. Along with minimal clearances for separating adjacent machines, clearances that can be shared by adjacent machines are considered. The shared clearances ma...

With the development of urbanization, heat island phenomenon has led to further deterioration urban thermal environment, resulting in wind environment differences. To study city, this paper takes Busan area South Korea as research object and analyzes connection between layout buildings based on microscopic characteristics coastal using CFD air-fluid simulation software suggests that monsoon inf...

this paper presents a strategy for using harmony search algorithm in facility layout optimization problems. in this paper an adapted harmony search algorithm is developed for solving facility layout optimization problems. this method finds an optimal facility arrangement in an existing layout. two real-world case studies are employed to demonstrate the efficiency of this model. a comparison is ...

With the development of underground transportation, in order to reduce impact on surrounding environment and traffic, Hejiaying subway island station adopts concealed excavation method. During construction process, considering method, tunnel layout, ventilation requirements, working face as a multi-conductor cave, more stringent requirements are put forward for tunnel. Through combination theor...